蝠

蝠

蝠 U+8760, 蝠 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8760 ← 蝟 [U+875F] CJK Unified Ideographs 蝡 → [U+8761]

Translingual

Han character

蝠 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中戈一口田 (LIMRW), four-corner 5116₆, composition ⿰虫畐)

1. kind of bat

References

• KangXi: page 1090, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33288
• Dae Jaweon: page 1556, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2868, character 10
• Unihan data for U+8760

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		蝠

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 蝠
Shang	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (畐) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
富	*pɯɡs
輻	*pɯɡs, *pɯɡ
副	*pʰɯɡs, *pʰrɯɡ, *pʰɯɡ
褔	*pʰɯɡs
蔔	*bɯːɡ
匐	*bɯːɡ, *bɯɡ
逼	*prɯɡ
偪	*prɯɡ, *pɯɡ
幅	*prɯɡ, *pɯɡ
楅	*prɯɡ, *pɯɡ
湢	*prɯɡ
堛	*pʰrɯɡ
愊	*pʰrɯɡ
踾	*pʰrɯɡ, *brɯɡ, *pɯɡ
揊	*pʰrɯɡ
稫	*pʰrɯɡ
畐	*pʰrɯɡ, *bɯɡ
疈	*pʰrɯɡ
腷	*brɯɡ
鶝	*brɯɡ, *pɯɡ
福	*pɯɡ
蝠	*pɯɡ
葍	*pɯɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *pɯɡ) : semantic 虫 + phonetic 畐 (OC *pʰrɯɡ, *bɯɡ). Originally a pictogram (象形) in the oracle bone and bronze scripts.

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *baːk (“bat”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fú (fu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fuk¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fuk
• Min Dong (BUC): hók
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): hok

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hog⁴ / big⁴

• Wu (Wiktionary): foq (T4)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fú
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fú
    • Wade–Giles: fu²
    • Yale: fú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwu
    • Palladius: фу (fu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fuk¹
    • Yale: fūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: fug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊk̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fuk
    • Hakka Romanization System: fug`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fug⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /fuk̚²/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hók
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /houʔ²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hok
    • Tâi-lô: hok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hog
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔk̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hog⁴ / big⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hok / pik
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hok̚²/, /pik̚²/

Note: big4 - vernacular (in 蝠婆).

• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: foq (T4)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊʔ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /pɨuk̚/

Rime
Character	蝠
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	東 (4)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	方六切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pɨuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/piuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/piuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/puwk̚/
Li Rong	/piuk̚/
Wang Li	/pĭuk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/pi̯uk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fuk1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pɯɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蝠
Reading #	1/1
No.	3398
Phonetic component	畐
Rime group	職
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	福
Old Chinese	/*pɯɡ/

Definitions

蝠

1. bat (animal)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蝙蝠 (“bat (animal)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		蝠, 蝙蝠, 服翼 E, 飛鼠 E, 老鼠 E, 仙鼠 E, 蟙䘃 Northern Yan
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蝙蝠
Taxonomic name		蝙蝠
Mandarin	Beijing	燕麼虎兒, 燕麼虎子, 燕麼虎, 蝙蝠兒
	Taiwan	蝙蝠
	Tianjin	燕巴虎兒, 簷老鼠
	Ulanhot	燕別咕
	Tongliao	燕別咕
	Chifeng	燕蝙虎
	Bayanhot	夜蝙蝠
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	燕別咕
	Harbin	燕別咕, 燕別蝠
	Shenyang	燕別蝠
	Yantai (Muping)	元寶戶兒
	Qingdao	蝙蝠兒
	Jinan	簷壁蝠子, 簷壁虎 suburban
	Luoyang	夜鱉胡
	Wanrong	夜蝙蟲
	Zhengzhou	鹽變呼
	Xi'an	夜標虎, 夜標虎兒
	Yinchuan	夜蝙蝠
	Lanzhou	夜蝙蝠
	Xining	夜百風
	Ürümqi	鴷蝙蝠
	Wuhan	簷老鼠, 簷鼠佬
	Huanggang	簷老鼠
	Chengdu	簷老鼠兒, 夜壁蝠兒, 蝙蝠
	Guiyang	夜老鼠, 鹽老鼠
	Kunming	夜壁蝠
	Guilin	老鼠
	Guanyang	人老鼠
	Pingle	飛鼠
	Liuzhou	飛鼠
	Luzhai	簷飛鼠
	Yangzhou	壁蝠子
	Nanjing	蝙蝠
	Hefei	壁蝠, 簷老鼠
	Nantong	偷油老鼠, 油老鼠
	Yanping	蝙蝠
	Singapore	蝙蝠
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蝠鼠, 飛鼠
	Hong Kong	蝙蝠, 蝠鼠, 飛鼠
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	蝠鼠, 盲老鼠
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	飛鼠
	Macau	蝙蝠
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	飛鼠, 蝠鼠
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	飛鼠
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	飛鼠
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	飛鼠, 蝠鼠
	Foshan	飛鼠, 蝠鼠
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	飛鼠
	Foshan (Shunde)	蝠鼠
	Foshan (Sanshui)	飛鼠
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	蝠鼠
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	飛鼠
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	飛鼠
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	飛鼠
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	飛鼠
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	飛鼠
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	飛鼠
	Taishan	飛鼠
	Kaiping (Chikan)	飛鼠
	Enping (Niujiang)	飛鼠
	Heshan (Yayao)	飛鼠
	Dongguan	蝠鼠, 飛鼠
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	麻洲鼠
	Shaoguan	飛鼠
	Yunfu	飛鼠
	Yangjiang	蝠鼠, 飛鼠
	Xinyi	飛鼠
	Lianjiang	飛鼠
	Nanning	飛鼠
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	飛鼠
	Hepu (Shatian)	飛鼠
	Beihai	蝠鼠
	Beihai (Nankang)	飛鼠
	Beihai (Yingpan)	飛鼠
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	飛鼠
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	餿鼠
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	灰鼠
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	飛鼠, 蝠鼠
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	蝠鼠
	Móng Cái	蝠鼠
Gan	Nanchang	簷老鼠, 蝙蝠
	Lichuan	簷老鼠
	Pingxiang	簷老鼠
	Guixi	皮皮老鼠
Hakka	Meixian	蝠婆仔
	Xingning	蝠婆哩
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	飛鼠
	Huidong (Daling)	蚊鼠
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	蝠婆
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	蝠婆
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	飛鼠
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	蝠婆哩
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	蝠婆哩
	Wuhua (Changbu)	蝠婆哩
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	蝠婆
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	飛鼠
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	飛鼠
	Conghua (Lütian)	飛鼠
	Changting	調簷老鼠
	Wuping	婢婆子
	Wuping (Pingyu)	蝠婆子
	Liancheng	簷老鼠
	Ninghua	簷老鼠
	Yudu	琵琶老鼠
	Ruijin	簷老鼠
	Shicheng	簷老鼠
	Shangyou (Shexi)	琵琶老鼠
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	蝙蝠, 蝠婆, 蝠婆仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	蝙蝠, 蝠婆, 蝠婆仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	蝙蝠, 蝠婆
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	蝙蝠, 蝠婆
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	蝠婆, 蝠婆仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	蝠婆
	Hong Kong	蝠婆, 蚊鼠
	Sabah (Longchuan)	蝠婆, 蝠婆仔
	Senai (Huiyang)	蝠婆
	Singkawang	蝠婆
Huizhou	Jixi	飛行老鼠, 天行老鼠
	Shexian	偷油燕, 偷油老鼠, 陌翼老鼠
	Tunxi	拉叭布翼
Jin	Taiyuan	夜壁蝠
	Xinzhou	夜蝙蝠
	Taibus (Baochang)	夜蝙蝠
	Linhe	夜蝙蝠兒
	Jining	夜蝙蝠
	Hohhot	夜蝙蝠兒
	Baotou	夜蝙蝠
	Dongsheng	夜蝙蝠兒
	Haibowan	夜蝙蝠兒
Min Bei	Jian'ou	比婆, 蝙蝠
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	比婆
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	屄婆
	Pucheng (Shibei)	碑婆
Min Dong	Fuzhou	琵琶兜壁, 蝙蝠, 野燕
	Fuqing	蝙蝠
Min Nan	Xiamen	密婆, 日婆, 夜婆
	Quanzhou	日婆
	Jinjiang	日婆
	Yongchun	密婆
	Dehua	密婆
	Zhangzhou	密婆
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	密婆
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	密婆
	Zhao'an	蝶婆仔
	Taipei	日婆, 夜婆, 密婆
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	密婆
	Kaohsiung	夜婆仔, 密婆
	Yilan	密婆, 夜婆
	Changhua (Lukang)	夜婆
	Taichung	日婆
	Taichung (Wuqi)	夜婆
	Tainan	夜婆, 密婆
	Taitung	夜婆
	Hsinchu	夜婆
	Kinmen	月婆, 密婆, 夜婆
	Penghu (Magong)	蝙蝠, 密婆
	Penang (Hokkien)	密婆
	Singapore (Hokkien)	密婆
	Manila (Hokkien)	蝙蝠, 日婆
	Longyan	密婆仔
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	飛鼠
	Chaozhou	密婆
	Shantou	蝠婆, 密婆
	Shantou (Chenghai)	蝠婆
	Jieyang	密婆
	Haifeng	密婆, 夜婆
	Bangkok (Teochew)	蝙蝠
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	密婆
	Pontianak (Teochew)	密婆
	Leizhou	飛鼠
	Wenchang	飛鼠, 蝠鼠
	Haikou	飛鼠, 佛鼠
Puxian Min	Putian	老歙
	Xianyou	廬鼠婆
Min Zhong	Yong'an	卑婆燕, 老鼠燕
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	飛鼠
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	飛鼠
Wu	Shanghai	蝙蝠
	Suzhou	蝙蝠子
	Wuxi	蝙蝠
	Danyang	蝙蝠, 蝙蝠蝠
	Hangzhou	蝙蝠, 蝙蝠兒
	Ningbo	蝙蝠老鼠, 蝙蝠
	Wenzhou	皮翼, 老鼠皮翼
	Jinhua	老鼠皮翼
Xiang	Changsha	簷老鼠
	Xiangtan	簷老鼠
	Loudi	簷老鼠
	Shuangfeng	簷老鼠
Note	E - east of Hangu Pass

Compounds

蝙蝠 (biānfú)

蝙蝠人

蝙蝠俠／蝙蝠侠 (Biānfúxiá)

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Japanese

Kanji

蝠

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. bat
2. pit viper

Readings

• Go-on: ふく (fuku)
• Kan-on: ふく (fuku)
• Kun: まむし (mamushi, 蝠)

Compounds

• 蝙蝠(こうもり) (kōmori), 蝙蝠(かわほり) (kawahori), 蝙蝠(へんぷく) (henpuku): bat (small flying mammal of order Chiroptera)

Usage notes

• Uncommon alternative form of 蝮 (mamushi, “pit viper”).

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Korean

Hanja

蝠 • (bok) (hangeul 복, revised bok, McCune–Reischauer pok, Yale pok)

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